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Kevin Boyle Joins Vencore as SVP & General Counsel; Mac Curtis Comments

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 13, 2017 — Vencore has hired Kevin Boyle, formerly senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary at Alion Science and Technology, as SVP and general counsel, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. He will be in charge of legal and ethics matters as well as the contracts, procurement and property management units at Vencore, the company said Tuesday. "[Boyle]...

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Parsons Hires Former Leidos, Lockheed Exec as Logistics & Training EVP Within Federal Group

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 12, 2017 — Parsons has named Wendy Van Wickle, former vice president of ground operations and logistics at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), as executive VP for the federal logistics and training division, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. The 25-year aerospace and defense industry veteran also brings experience from her previous work at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Parsons said Monday....

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Shamlan Siddiqi Named CTO for NTT Data’s Public Sector Unit; Tim Conway Comments

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 11, 2017 — NTT Data (NYSE: NTT) has appointed Shamlan Siddiqi, formerly vice president for digital and cloud services, as chief technology officer for the company’s public sector business, GovCon Wire reported Thursday.The company said Thursday Siddiqi brings more than 20 years of experience in IT from his work at CGI (NYSE: GIB) and Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH),...

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DLT Names New CFO as Craig Adler Takes Board Seat; Alan Marc Smith Comments

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 10, 2017 — DLT Solutions has hired Joe Donohue, formerly chief financial officer and chief compliance officer of Agilex Technologies, to succeed Craig Adler as CFO, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. DLT said Thursday Donohue will oversee the company's accounting, finance and order management activities as Adler takes a seat on the board of directors. "[Donohue's] expertise...

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Booz Allen Taps ACT I as Subcontractor on Navy Task Order for F-35 Engineering Support

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 7, 2017 — Advanced Concepts and Technologies International will support Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) as a subcontractor in the latter's work with the U.S. Navy on the F-35 program, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. ACT I said Friday it will provide engineering services to the Naval Air Systems Command through a SeaPort-e task order the Navy awarded to Booz Allen. About...

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KeyW Finalizes $235M Acquisition of Sotera in Push for Intelligence Community

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 6, 2017 — KeyW (Nasdaq: KEYW) has closed its $235 million acquisition of Sotera Defense Solutions in efforts to drive strategic growth and expansion in the intelligence community, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. The companies will work to complete integration of their businesses by December 2017 and expect to generate $535 million in pro forma revenue this year, KeyW...

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AT&T Names Kay Kapoor President of New Global Public Sector Business

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 5, 2017 — AT&T (NYSE: T) has named Kay Kapoor as president of its newly created global public sector segment, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the new business unit will provide communications and information technology platforms to the education sector and federal, state and local government agencies. Kapoor previously served as head of...

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DXC Technology Officially Launches From CSC-HPE Enterprise Services Merger

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 4, 2017 — Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (NYSE: HPE) former services business and the company previously known as Computer Sciences Corp. have launched the new entity DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) resulting from their merger, GovCon Wire reported Monday. DXC said Monday it begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange and becomes part of the S&P 500 index following the...

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AT&T to Build, Support Potential $46B FirstNet Public Safety Network; Kay Kapoor Comments

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 3, 2017 — AT&T (NYSE: T) has won the potential $6.5 billion First Responder Network Authority contract to build a national broadband network for public safety organizations over a five-year period, GovCon Wire reported Friday. The Commerce Department said Thursday the public-private partnership arrangement extends over 25 years with an estimated $40 billion total...

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General Dynamics IT President Dan Johnson Inks $140M NATO Information Agency Contract

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 31, 2017 — A business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has received a potential $140 million contract from NATO's Communications and Information Agency for information technology services, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. General Dynamics Information Technology will provide a private cloud-based platform and enterprise IT services in support of NATO's IT modernization...

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Salesforce Appoints Former Unisys Exec Casey Coleman as Global Gov't Solutions SVP

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 30, 2017 — Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) has hired Casey Coleman, formerly vice president of Unisys' (NYSE: UIS) federal civilian business group, as senior VP for the global government solutions unit, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. Coleman, a 2014 and 2015 inductee into Executive Mosaic's Wash100, joined Salesforce earlier this month and now oversees its enterprise positioning...

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TechnoMile Hires Former PAE Exec as COO, CSO; Ashish Khot Comments

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 29, 2017 — TechnoMile named Mick Fox, formerly executive vice president for business development at PAE, as the Virginia-based technology and business process consulting firm's chief operating officer and chief strategy officer, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. Fox joined TechnoMile on March 15 and is in charge of the company's efforts to develop offerings that will work to...

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